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Originally posted by SuperSH
Alright, you can't take this the wrong way but... Your wiring is the worst I have seen. But you have atleast made a good attempt by reading the instructions and asking for help.
#1 get rid of the speaker wire and get some automotive color coded wire, it makes a diffrence.
#2 Use crip connections at the very least, soldering is the best. Use butt connectors for wire to wire connections and ring terminals for the ground and sender to wire connections. When you just wrap the wire arround the post or another wire the voltage and signal won't be constant and will give you nothing but problems, not to mention it can cause your car to catch on fire.
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Yah, you got me there, somebody on the RX7 forums said that I should be ok twisting things together and wrapping it with electrical tape. I'll just go to NAPA and pick up some good connectors and some 18 guage electrical wiring.
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Originally posted by SuperSH
#3 There is only one wire that comes from the sender and goes to the guage according to the instructions that you have given. I see one coming from the ground and another wire going to the guage. Its grounding itself out..
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I dont quite understand what you are saying, but if you are referring to the wiring on the second pic, I no longer have it set up like that. The second wire was the wire that I was using to give the sender a good ground. Using it didn't have any changes though, so it is no longer on there.
The whole time I had the gauges main ground to it's own grounding location. First location I use under the shifter console, second location is now in the engine bay on the frame (pic #3). But I think I will ground it to the engine bolck instead.
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Originally posted by SuperSH
#6 Attach the blue wire ONLY to the sender. I think your putting to much detail on that cardboard washer thingy. If it gives a detail on how to do it then do it that way.
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The only reason I mention that cardboard or plastic looking washer is because that was what changed my temps. Before I had everthing wired u the display would just show 375 F. Changed ground locations for gauge and dimmer switch, still showed 375 F. Tried using a grounding wire for the sender probe, still 375 F. During all that the BLUE wire was at the bottom of the sender screw, when I moved the cardboard washer to the bottom then my indicated temps started to change. When I removed it, my temps went back to 375 F.
That cardboard or plastic looking thing seems to be part of the puzzle. But I will find out for sure when I get some good connectors for all the wiring.